my turf

the top two photos are what a stand of jerusalem artichokes are supposed to look like closing in on the middle of august and a solar eclipse...including the blooms in the third and fourth photos which are losing or have lost their petals and are maturing into seed heads...not probably the most aesthetically pleasing process, however a natural one...the fifth and sixth photos are some potato bloom out back and the seventh is of some fruits i hope the blooms will emulate...still sixteen of them...no attrition yet...and ten of those i have netted so i am hopeful of mature fruits...the eighth photo is of some aphids feeding on the sugars in the sap of the northern tepehuan teosinte...and the last photo is an opportunist waiting to eat.